Canada New Pages and Updates

I added all the directories for Canada from the EveNDon website, and in doing so, added and reorganized many of the pages.

New Pages:

Algoma District, Ontario - with two links from EveNDon

Bruce County, Ontario - includes one link from Our Roots moved from Ontario page

Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Elgin County, Ontario - with four links from EveNDon

Essex County, Ontario - with three links from EveNDon

Grey County, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

City of Hamilton, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Hastings County, Ontario - includes one link from Ancestry moved from Ontario page

Lambton County, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Middlesex County, Ontario - with two links from EveNDon

Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario - with two links from EveNDon

Nipissing District, Ontario - with two links from EveNDon

City of Ottawa, Ontario - includes six links from Ancestry moved from Ontario page, plus three new links from EveNDon

Oxford County, Ontario - with two links from EveNDon

City of Toronto, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Wellington County, Ontario - with one link from EveNDon

Prince Edward Island - with one link from EveNDon


Updates:

British Columbia - one new link from EveNDon

Canada - added one link from EveNDon; now with 11 provinces and territories linked

Quebec - three new links from EveNDon

Ontario - added table listing 50 census districts; moved links to appropriate pages; now with one provincewide link and 18 census districts linked

MS New Pages

I have added links to all the directories found at Ancestry for the state of Mississippi. Unfortunately, like the state of Alabama, there is a dearth of online directories for Mississippi. If you know of any, please contact me immediately!

New Pages:

Mississippi - with eight counties linked

Adams County, Mississippi - with five links from Ancestry

Forrest County, Mississippi - with seven links from Ancestry

Harrison County, Mississippi - with nine links from Ancestry

Hinds County, Mississippi - with eight links from Ancestry

Jackson County, Mississippi - with one link from Ancestry

Jones County, Mississippi - with four links from Ancestry

Lauderdale County, Mississippi - with eight links from Ancestry

Washington County, Mississippi - with five links from Ancestry

DC Updates and the EveNDon Website

With the addition of three new links to the District of Columbia's webpage, I have concluded adding all known links from the EveNDon website for United States' directories.

However, there are many other directories on that website from other countries, which I will eventually link to. Also, I just discovered that Don has stored some digital copies of U.S. directories on the DocStoc website; again, I'll be adding links to those as well.

You may notice that as you peruse the EveNDon website that I may not have listed every resource for a location that is available on that site. That's because I tried to stick closely to directories only; there are many gazetteers listed under the directory category on the EveNDon site, but I only linked those that had some sort of directory in them, like a business directory.

EveNDon have great resources and many digital books on their website beyond city directories, which I highly recommend you use for your genealogical and historical research!

PA, SC, TN, UT New Pages and Updates

Even more links from EveNDon:

New Pages:

Davis County, Utah - with one link from EveNDon

Weber County, Utah - with one link from EveNDon

Updates:

Mercer County, Pennsylvania - one new link from EveNDon

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - one new link from EveNDon

Charlston County, South Carolina - one new link from EveNDon

Tennessee - one new statewide link from EveNDon; one county linked

Davidson County, Tennessee - one new link from EveNDon

Utah - three new statewide links from EveNDon; now with four counties linked

Salt Lake County, Utah - three new links from EveNDon

IL, IN, KY, MO, OH, VT, VA, WV New Pages and Updates

I'm nearly done adding links from EveNDon's wonderful website. Here are the latest:

New Pages:

Alexander County, Illinois - with one link from EveNDon

Randolph County, Illinois - with one link from EveNDon

Dearborn County, Indiana - with one link from EveNDon

Jefferson County, Indiana - with one link from EveNDon

Daviess County, Kentucky - with one link from EveNDon

Mason County, Kentucky - with one link from EveNDon

McCracken County, Kentucky - with one link from EveNDon

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri - with one link from EveNDon

Belmont County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

Brown County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

Gallia County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

Lawrence County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

Meigs County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

Scioto County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

Washington County, Ohio - with one link from EveNDon

LaMoille County, Vermont - with one link from EveNDon

Orange County, Vermont - with one link from EveNDon

Windsor County, Vermont - with one link from EveNDon

City of Richmond, Virginia - with two links from EveNDon

Ohio County, West Virginia - with one link from EveNDon

Wood County, West Virginia - with one link from EveNDon


Updates:

Illinois - now with three statewide links from EveNDon and 22 counties linked

Indiana - now with 18 counties linked

Kentucky - one new statewide link from EveNDon; now with seven counties linked

Missouri - now with four counties linked

Ohio - two new statewide links from EveNDon; now with 19 counties linked

Vermont - one new statewide link from EveNDon; now with six counties linked

West Virginia - now with four counties linked

AL New Pages and Updates

I have been very disappointed with the dearth of online directories for the state of Alabama. Ancestry has some, but Footnote and WorldVitalRecords have none. There are few found at the many digital book websites, and even places like USGenWeb don't have many transcribed. If you know of any online directories for Alabama, please send me links immediately!

The following are all new pages and updates that I created for Alabama yesterday.

New Pages:

Dallas County, Alabama - with four links from Ancestry

Mobile County, Alabama - with 28 links from Ancestry and one from Duke University Libraries

Montgomery County, Alabama - with 17 links from Ancestry

Morgan County, Alabama - with four links from Ancestry


Updates:

Alabama - now with eight counties linked

Calhoun County, Alabama - five new links from Ancestry

Jefferson County, Alabama - 12 new links from Ancestry

WorldVitalRecords Free Site Access Extended

You may have seen this mentioned on other blogs (and I'm sorry I didn't get this posted earlier...was out of town and ill), but WorldVitalRecords has extended their free site access through Tuesday, August 18th. No credit card is required; just a name and e-mail address.

Lots of directories available!

WorldVitalRecords is Free for Three Days

Here's a good way to check out directories for free:

WorldVitalRecords.com Opens Site Allowing for Free Public Access to More Than One Billion Family History Records

With the addition of the largest number of records to be released in a single day since the site launched in 2006

PROVO, UT, August 11, 2009 - WorldVitalRecords.com, an online family history resource, today announced the addition of the largest number of records to be released in a single day since the site launched in 2006. To commemorate this milestone, for the first time WorldVitalRecords is offering free public access to its entire online collection of historical and genealogical records beginning August 11 and continuing through August 13, 2009. The public will have unlimited access to more than one billion records in over 11,000 databases from around the world including newspapers, census, birth, marriage, death, immigration and military records; family trees; stories and publications; and yearbooks.

"As a genealogy enthusiast, I'm thrilled that people can go to one place like WorldVitalRecords.com, try family history research for free and find their parents or grandparents, and see how simple it is to start tracing back and discovering stories that bring family history to life," said Jim Ericson, Vice-President of Marketing for Family Link. "This is a rare opportunity to delve into the records and discover information about your family and ancestors you may have never known."

Featured records in this release include:

Historical Newspapers
Through a partnership with Newspaper Archive, WorldVitalRecords is adding access to pages from a variety of newspapers from all over the United States, dating from 1759 through 1923. This collection features images of entire newspapers from the western frontier, the Midwest at the turn of the century, and the long-time standard of our nation's news, "The New York Times" which includes over 7 million names. Newspaper Archive produces the largest historical newspaper database online, and the collection is fully searchable by keyword and date, and individual pages can be saved or printed.

According to Gena Philibert Ortega, Genealogy Community Director for FamilyLink, "Part of the fun of family history is uncovering details about our ancestors’ daily lives -- the events of the day, the goods and the services they bought. Newspapers allow us to better understand our ancestors."

Immigration Records
Living in a country of immigrants, ship passenger lists and other records documenting immigration can be an essential part in learning more about your family history. It is a thrilling experience to see their names transcribed on paper the day they entered this country through the Port of New York. Browsing and searching these passenger lists is a perfect way for someone to start researching their family history. This record collection provides documentation of over 150,000 passengers who arrived on nearly 8,000 ships at one of the busiest ports in the United States, New York, from 1820-1832.

Yearbooks
In partnership with the website E-Yearbook.com, WorldVitalRecords is doubling its collection of digitized yearbooks. This collection features university yearbooks from the late 1800 to mid 1950s. E-Yearbook.com houses the largest collection of old college yearbooks on the Internet. Universities featured this week include Duke University, University of Oklahoma, Iowa State and the College of William and Mary.

Vital Records, Military Records and Tax Lists
Other records being released on the site include birth, marriage, tax lists, military records, and death records from Maine, North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Focused on helping users discover and share their family history, WorldVitalRecords adds new records to their online collection everyday.

About WorldVitalRecords.com
WorldVitalRecords.com is simplifying family history research by providing many easy-to-use tools and resources to discover and connect with others interested in family history. WorldVitalRecords provides access to more than one billion international and U.S. records WorldVitalRecords.com provides affordable access to genealogy databases and family history tools used by more than 258,000 monthly visitors. The site registers 3.6 million monthly pages views and serves tens of thousands of paying subscribers. With thousands of databases, including birth, death, military, census, and parish records, WorldVitalRecords.com makes it easy to fill in missing information in your family tree.

WorldVitalRecords is part of the FamilyLink.com, Inc. network of family-focused interactive properties including, GenealogyWise, WebTree, WorldHistory, and the We're Related and My Family applications on Facebook

MO, MT, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH New Pages and Updates

Added quite a few links from EveNDon's site. I'm hoping to get all the links from that site added to mine by week's end.

New Pages:

Warren County, New Jersey - with one link to EveNDon

Allegany County, New York - with one link to EveNDon

Onondaga County, New York - with one link to EveNDon

Schenectady County, New York - with one link to EveNDon

Tioga County, New York - with one link to EveNDon

Buncombe County, North Carolina - with four links to EveNDon

New Hanover County, North Carolina - with one link to EveNDon


Updates:

Missouri - two new links from EveNDon

Montana - one new link to EveNDon

Nevada - one new link to EveNDon

Washoe County, Nevada - one new link to EveNDon

New Jersey - now with 10 counties linked

Essex County, New Jersey - two new links to EveNDon

Middlesex County, New Jersey - one new link to EveNDon

Union County, New Jersey - one new link to EveNDon

New York - two new links from EveNDon; now with 22 counties and cities linked

Erie County, New York - one new link to EveNDon

New York City, New York - seven new links to EveNDon

North Carolina - with six new links from EveNDon; now with four counties linked

Wake County, North Carolina - one new link to EveNDon

Ohio - with two new links from EveNDon; now with 12 counties linked

Cuyahoga County, Ohio - one new link to EveNDon

Hamilton County, Ohio - 45 new links to EveNDon!

Wayne County, Ohio - one new link to EveNDon

IN, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, NM, VA New Pages and Updates

I've added a lot of links from miscellaneous sources for a variety of states.

New Pages:

Allen County, Indiana - with five links from EveNDon

LaPorte County, Indiana - with one link from EveNDon

Campbell County, Kentucky - with six links from EveNDon

Kenton County, Kentucky - with six links from EveNDon

Knox County, Maine - with one link from EveNDon

City of Baltimore, Maryland - with three links from EveNDon

Kent County, Michigan - four links from USGenWeb; one each from Google Books, the Making of America, Historic Map Works, and Michigan County Histories; three from the Internet Archive; and 19 from Ancestry

New Mexico - with one county linked

Otero County, New Mexico - with one link from EveNDon

Albemarle County, Virginia - with one link from New River Notes


Updates:

Indiana - now with 15 counties linked

Jay County, Indiana - added one link from EveNDon

Marion County, Indiana - added 10 links from EveNDon

Kentucky - now with four counties linked

Orleans Parish, Louisiana - added one link from EveNDon

Maine - added one link from EveNDon; now two counties linked

Cumberland County, Maine - added five links from EveNDon

Maryland - added one link from EveNDon; now with two counties and one city linked

Michigan - now with 15 counties linked

St. Clair County, Michigan - fixed several broken links; reformatted page, as it was one of the first page on the website and had the old format style - this includes adding the compilers of each of the directories

Virginia - added four statewide links from New River Notes; now with two counties linked

Lousiana New Pages

I have added a ton of links for Louisiana to the site. However, most of these are from Ancestry (in fact, I've added every Louisiana directory found at Ancestry to my site). There are a large number of free links from the USGenWeb project for Orleans and Jefferson Parishes; however, they were transcribed as part of a specific research project and many of the transcriptions are for selected surnames only. There are also a large number of New Orleans city directories for the years 1861 - 1923, plus 1985, listed at Footnote, which I have not yet added. As you can see, most of the links to Louisiana directories are found at subscription websites. If you know of any free directories for the state of Louisiana, please let me know!

Please note if you have African roots from Louisiana that many of these directories state if a person was "colored".

New Pages:

Louisiana - with eight parishes linked (this state does not have counties)

Caddo Parish, Louisiana - with 10 links from Ancestry

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana - with nine links from Ancestry

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana - with 10 links from Ancestry

Iberia Parish, Louisiana - with three links from Ancestry

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana - with two links from USGenWeb

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana - with three links from Ancestry

Orleans Parish, Louisiana - with 25 links from Ancestry and 139 from USGenWeb!

Rapides Parish, Louisiana - with seven links from Ancestry